The Best Vegan Macaroni and Cheese Ever

katedanger's Note:

I found this recipe over at vegweb.com but I am typing it up here so I can use the easy conversions and see the nutritional information. It received so many positive comments that I have to try it. One of the only complaints is that it can be very salty, so you might want to consider cutting back on the soy sauce or not adding additional salt.

• Total Time: 8 mins
• Prep Time: 8 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 1/2 cups plain soymilk
• 1 cup water
• 1/3 cup tamari or 1/3 cup soy sauce
• 1 1/2 cups nutritional yeast
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 3 ounces firm tofu
• 1 cup canola oil
• 1 1/2 lbs macaroni noodles
• 2 teaspoons mustard (optional)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Boil water in a big pot for the pasta.
3. All of the ingredients sans pasta can easily go in a blender (liquid and powdered) -- this is by far the easiest way.
4. Once pasta is cooked, drain and put it in the baking pan pour the cheese sauce over the pasta.
5. Bake until the top of the pasta looks slightly browned and crispy about 15 minutes.

Reviews

[james_in_utah]

Excellent recipe, but I find it hard to believe this thing has 900+ calories per cup, and 40 grams of protien per cup.

[Nikoma]

I'm really sorry to say I thought this was awful. I've been vegan for quite a while, and I'm no stranger to nutritional yeast. I love the stuff. I have had great success with some other cheesy style recipes and was really looking forward to some good old mac and cheese. This just didn't fly for me. It was TO nutritional yeasty. It tasted bitter and bland at the same time. I actually had to toss it (and I NEVER do that) The only modification I made after reading all the reviews was to leave out the extra salt. And I thought it desperately needed the salt! I would never suggest leaving it out!

[fettzie]

I was AMAZED at how good the "cheese" sauce tasted! After putting it in the oven, I scraped the extra sauce out of the blender and licked it! I am a vegetarian-transitioning-vegan and I will never miss normal mac and cheese!!!!